quote:Originally posted by ELizabeth:
Thanks for the info on Cathy Smith's background vocals on High and Dry. If GL didn't want her on sing how is that she did?
From one of Wayne's posts on alt.music.lightfoot:
"The producer gets the final say. And Lightfoot did not produce
Sundown, it was Lenny Waronker.
Lightfoot and Cathy Smith were together at that time (it was long before
Belushi's death) and as an experiment in the studio, the producer (Lenny
Waronker) suggested using Smith singing background on High And Dry.
Lightfoot was not in favour of the idea, but in this case the producer won
the argument.
Why was Lightfoot not in favour? I would surmise that since he and Smith
were in a relationship, Lightfoot preferred to keep his personal and
professional activities separate. Allowing Smith to get involved on an album
crossed that line and I can easily understand his thinking, if that was the
case.
One advantage of utilizing a producer is that it gives Lightfoot a sounding
board to bounce ideas off of. Lightfoot has said he was actually producing
his own albums even before he started receiving the actual credit, so it was
natural for him to assume full control at some point."
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